Birds to See in Curaçao in August
33 bird species on our list for Curaçao are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Common Tern. New this month: Pectoral Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper and Sand Martin and 6 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
From Curaçao’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 33 birds in August
33 birds
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.64% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.51% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.38% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.14% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.66% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.59% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.16% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.13% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantUncommon38–42 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.07% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made